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Okinawa, Japan (Mar. 11, 2005) - Airman Lawrence Than salutes a P-3C Orion, assigned to the “Tigers” to Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8), prior to take-off in Okinawa, Japan. VP-8 is home-based in Brunswick, Maine and is currently on deployment to Okinawa, Japan. Originally designed as a land-based, long-range, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol aircraft, the P-3C's mission has evolved in the late 1990s and early 21st century to include surveillance of the battle-space, either at sea or over land. Its long range and long loiter time have proved invaluable assets during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) as it can view the battle-space and instantaneously provide that information to ground troops, especially U.S. Marines.
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| Date | 25 March 2007 (original upload date) |
| Source | Original English WP . Transferred from el.wikipedia to Commons by Alaniaris using CommonsHelper . |
| Author | The original uploader was Alaniaris at Greek Wikipedia . |
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- 2007-03-25 13:58 Alaniaris 1100×785× (197742 bytes) Η εικόνα προέρχεται από το αντίστοιχο άρθρο της Αγγλικής Wikipedia, en:P-3 Orion Okinawa, Japan (Mar. 11, 2005) - Airman Lawrence Than salutes a P-3C Orion, assigned to the “Tigers” to Patrol Squadro